Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

2015-16 Forecast: The Warriors rode the NBA's best record to an NBA title under rookie coach Kerr, beating Cleveland to win Golden State's first championship in 40 years. The Warriors return all of their key contributors and should be in the hunt again . . . All-Star PG Steph Curry was chosen league MVP, averaging 23.8 points and 7.7 assists per game. Curry formed one of the NBA's best backcourts with SG Klay Thompson, who...

Montverde Academy has dominated high-school basketball under coach Kevin Boyle, claiming three consecutive consensus national championships.
It was only a matter of time before the Lake County boarding school made its mark on the NBA Draft.
That time...

The best high-school basketball player in the United States still has to take out the trash.
The 6-foot-9 Montverde Academy senior forward, whose coach said "is as close to the overall dominance since LeBron'' at this level that he has seen, stays...

On Monday night, the Magic continue their preseason road tour against a team whose building blueprints they might want to study.
We've heard so much about the Magic's desire to emulate San Antonio and Oklahoma City, largely because young GM Rob...

The Bulls may not be prioritizing winning, but they’re placing an emphasis on how that can happen in the future.
The key is forming a chemistry among Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn and Lauri Markkanen.
It didn’t fully happen again Tuesday night as the...

The struggling
Hornets
have shaken up their front office, firing general manager Rich Cho on Tuesday.
"Rich worked tirelessly on behalf of our team and instituted a number of management tools that have benefited our organization," Hornets owner
...

How in the . . .?
It doesn't really matter.
Because even when you go to the videotape, you still probably wouldn't be able to figure it out.
The only thing that mattered Saturday night was Kelly Olynyk hit a foul shot with two-tenths of a second to...

The Cavaliers' sleeveless black jerseys already had LeBron James' stamp of approval, though a change in shoes might have been the difference Friday night. James had 27 points, 16 rebounds and 13 assists, J.R. Smith made the tiebreaking free throw with...

Dario Saric scored 26 points and Joel Embiid, playing for the first time since agreeing to his $148 million extension, added 22 as Philadelphia got its first win of the preseason, 133-114 over the Brooklyn Nets at Nassau Coliseum. D'Angelo Russell...

The blocked shots went down and so did the votes for Hassan Whiteside, with the Miami Heat center failing to make either of the NBA All-Defensive teams after making second team in 2016.
With Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert named to the first team and...

There isn't an issue in sports that activates paternalism, patronizing ideas and outright self-righteousness quite like the NBA age limit. Everyone has an opinion about what's wrong. Everyone claims to want to protect the game and the players. Few will...

Bryan Colangelo is officially on the clock. The Sixers don't draft until No. 3, but that's mostly the point: The whole reason Colangelo is here is for picks like this. We can quibble about the exact nature of the grievances that ultimately earned Sam...

On January 24, Rajon Rondo fielded a question on whether he might start again.
"Ha," Rondo said. "Good one."
The joke's on Rondo.
Benched for Michael Carter-Williams in late December, Rondo, who later reclaimed the backup point guard role in the...

The Lakers made sweeping changes to their front office Tuesday, pushing out basketball operations chief Jim Buss and general manager Mitch Kupchak in favor of Magic Johnson. The dramatic moves lead to this important question: Have the Lakers ever looked...

The question of whether the Miami Heat will be without an NBA All-Star for the first time since 2004 has been put on hold for a week.
As expected, no Heat players were among those announced Thursday as the starters for the Feb. 19 game in New Orleans,...

Dwyane Wade missed Monday's game against the Hornets with swelling in his left knee. With Rajon Rondo still benched by coach's decision, Jimmy Butler represented the lone Alpha.
Butler delivered.
Butler posted the second-highest scoring game of his...

When/Where: 8 p.m., AmericanAirlines Arena.
Tickets: Available at HEAT.com or 1-800-4NBA-TIX.
TV: Fox Sports Sun. Radio: 790-AM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM (Spanish).
Scouting report: The Heat have won their last four home openers . . . This is the...

Last week this space admittedly was a bit about the glass half empty, with reasoning why the timing for dipping into the lottery could pay dividends for the Miami Heat.
This week, we turn to the glass half full, at least from a Heat perspective, to...